Old Delhi Street Food Walk

Delhi Food Walks has operated street-food tours through Old Delhi since 2011, when food writer Anubhav Sapra began leading small groups through Chandni Chowk after building a reputation reviewing the area's shops. The standard route runs from the Chandni Chowk metro station through Paranthe Wali Gali, along the main bazaar, into Khari Baoli's spice lanes and toward the Mughlai counters near Jama Masjid, covering roughly two kilometres of walking split by a cycle rickshaw transfer. Ten to fourteen tastings are spread across eight or more stops, balancing savoury staples - stuffed paratha, chaat, kebabs and biryani - with sweet finishes such as jalebi, rabri and kulfi depending on the time slot booked. Breakfast, lunch and evening versions run on different schedules, with the evening trail weighted toward kebabs and korma from the Mughlai kitchens near the mosque. The price includes all tastings, bottled water, the guide's running commentary on each shop's history and family ownership, and the rickshaw ride between quarters; it does not include hotel transfers to the meeting point or alcohol, which is not served on the route in any case. Groups are kept small enough to move through the narrow lanes together, walks are conducted in English, and the pace is unhurried with regular stops to eat rather than to walk. Vegetarian tastings can be substituted for the meat-based stops with advance notice at booking, though the operator asks that dietary restrictions be flagged before the walk begins rather than adjusted shop by shop. As the longest-running specialist operator in the city, Delhi Food Walks is often used as the benchmark against which newer Chandni Chowk tours are compared.